(12 Mar 2015, 7:43 pm)tyresmoke wrote Yeah it was certainly busy on that one so I can only imagine what it must be like on the ones from Framwellgate! Yeah I know what you mean with the seat backs... 4644 has green on it's seat backs!
The last day of the X59 will be May 8th but I am not sure who is running it beyond this date. It was down in the consultation to run college days only but I would assume it will be a closed contract, with Little White Bus running a connecting service from Askrigg down to Leyburn, demand responsive only on the return leg. Another route killed by council funding cuts and a shame as like I said it seemed to have a decent load on it.
As for Dalesbus, the majority of the summer 2015 timetables are now on the Dalesbus website, with several extra bits and pieces (Arriva Yorkshire will now run to Richmond all summer instead of just August for example) - I believe Stephensons are now running York Pullman's diagram this year though it appears Pullman are still running a Saturday service!
It's the one's to Fram on a morning that are the worst and ones leaving Darlington on an evening, the 3 evening runs from Fram aren't normally really busy, the first one picks up a few from Holmlands Crescent (in and out of term time) but the next two often don't pick up any passengers from there - if anyone wants a Sapphire 7 interior shot I'd recommended getting the 1708 7 from Holmlands Crescent (Salutation Inn).
It's always possible people were using the X59 because isn't it quicker from Darlington to Richmond than the X26/X27.
Going to have a look at Dalesbus timetables now.